Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service, and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watch the success of one's enemy; its wages to be sure of it.

Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things.

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.

Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?

Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you.

Secrecy of design, when combined with rapidity of execution, like me column that guided Israel in the deserts, becomes the guardian pillar of light and fire to our friends, a cloud of overwhelming and impenetrable darkness to our enemies.